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Type Words
Synonyms civilisation, culture
Type of society
Has types aegean civilisation, aegean civilization, aegean culture, minoan culture, mycenaean civilisation, mycenaean civilization, mycenaean culture, paleo-american culture, paleo-amerind culture, paleo-indian culture, western civilization, western culture, helladic civilisation, helladic civilization, helladic culture, indus civilization, minoan civilisation, minoan civilization


early Mayan civilization.
Type Words
Synonyms civilisation
Type of society
Has types islam, muslimism
Derivation civilize


the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization.
Type Words
Synonyms civilisation
Type of social process
Type Words
Synonyms civilisation, refinement
Type of excellence
Derivation civilize


he is remembered for his generosity and civilization.

Examples of civilization

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Men built every single civilization, city, and major institution on this planet.
From the forbes.com
This civilization, led by a Pharaoh, chose the path of genocide and enslavement.
From the ocregister.com
A special feature of Chinese civilization is that it seems to have no beginning.
From the online.wsj.com
When civilization collapses in one place knowledge will be preserved in another.
From the newscientist.com
No soaring monuments to Western civilization grace their drab and grimy streets.
From the time.com
My requirements for urban culinary civilization aren't excessive, I don't think.
From the buffalonews.com
When civilization finally crumbles for good, it will be traced back to potholes.
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I don't accept your suggestion that civilization cannot happen without religion.
From the economist.com
This seems to be the start of our future when civilization becomes ungovernable.
From the economist.com
More examples
  • A society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations); "the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization"
  • Culture: a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization"
  • Refinement: the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste; "a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization"
  • (civilized) having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world"
  • (civilized) marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"
  • Civilization (or civilisation) is a term used to describe specific stages of human social development and organization considered to be most advanced. The term is also used to refer to a human society that meets such requirements. ...
  • Civilization is an album by Vancouver industrial band Front Line Assembly, released in 2004. The album was produced by band founder Bill Leeb and returning member Rhys Fulber who had departed in 1996. ...
  • Civilization is a board game designed by Francis Tresham, published in Britain in 1980 by Hartland Trefoil (later by Gibson Games), and in the US in 1981 by Avalon Hill. The game typically takes eight or more hours to play and is for two to seven players. ...
  • Civilization is a 1916 American pacifist allegorical film about a submarine commander who refuses to fire at a civilian ocean liner supposedly carrying ammunition for his country's enemies. ...